Forest Chakra Control Quest.

Tsukasa was currently walking outside the village. The sun was still bad, it was still really hot, and now he had to worry about not having a place to rest if it got to him. He sincerely hoped that whatever he heard before was true. Or else someone was going to die. Most likely the other person, but there was always a chance that the desert could take him now.

The student looked at his surroundings once more. There was sand in every direction. Was he really going to find this mystical grotto people were talking about? Kinda seemed like it was a hoax at this point.

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Tsukasa sighed, maybe he should turn back. This grotto was apparently an oasis with a bunch of trees, famed for being good to train your chakra. He decided to go look for it because that was an area he was weak in. But now… it seemed like a fool’s errand. He could have easily just figured it out back at the village. And not have to worry about the dangers of the desert.

Tsukasa stopped on top of a hill, he looked around the area once more. He spotted the village in the distance and scowled. It would be a long walk back. Made worse by the fact that he would go back empty handed.

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Post 3
Tsukasa then turned his head to look at more of the area. And he swore that he saw… a tree? He rubbed his eyes, and looked again. The tree was still there. So that could only mean two things. The story was actually true, or he was having a stroke. Tsukasa chose the former option and started to run forward.
Unfortunately, he ended up tumbling down the hill. He died, rest in peace young sword boy.

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Okay he didn’t actually die, had a couple bruises but he’d be fine. He did however insult himself until he got to the location of the tree though. He wasn’t supposed to be so clumsy, after all.

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Tsukasa’s eyes widened in surprise at the site of… a god damn oasis. He rubbed his eyes for the second time that day. The damn thing was actually real. And he found it on accident? This didn’t feel right. The child walked over to the water and poke it with his finger. The cold water felt great after all that walking. Heck, it was almost enough to convince him right there. Keyword being almost.

He was going to be cautious, you never know when someone could attack you. Tsukasa then turned and approached one of the trees. It looked to be pretty normal, was it really gonna help him train his chakra?

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Tsukasa started to wonder about this. Apparently the training method was that you had to use your chakra to walk up a tree. An insurmountable feat to the eleven year old. He could barely get his own Raiton element to produce more than a few sparks. And now he was going to attempt walking up a tree? Perhaps… No! He was already here, there was no turning back. He would either master this technique, or die in this desert!

He then grabbed the tree and started to pull himself up a bit. “Alright and now I position my legs like this. And let the chakra do it’s work…” He then immediately fell down.

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Tsukasa breathed heavily, maybe he shouldn’t have let go of the tree so quickly. He forced himself back up and he glared at the tree. He then cracked his knuckles “Alright, this time for sure.” He then grabbed the tree again. Once more climbing up a few feet.
He then looked down at his feet, and made sure they were positioned flat on the tree. He then took a deep breath and started to concentrate, making sure to not let go until he could feel chakra brimming in his feet.

Once he felt it, he then nodded to himself. “Alright, on three. One, two, three!” He then let go of the tree and pressed his feet onto the wood. Which caused the wood to splinter, causing Tsukasa to fall again.

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Tsukasa was just confused, where did he go wrong again? The rumor mentioned that you used chakra to climb a tree. Well, he did just that! So what happened, did he use it wrong? Maybe he was supposed to use some sort of special jutsu? He shook his head, that was probably wrong. They’d mention it if it was so important.

Unless… What if the technique was actually super common? And HE didn’t know?! Tsukasa then jumped up and went to another tree, he didn’t want to think about that. Just get back to training and figure this out. Then go home, and forget about all of those.

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It had been about a couple of hours now, and Tsukasa had just about given up. He was sitting at the base of a tree, looking dejected. His back hurt, pretty sure he had brain damage, and he also hated himself more than ever. At most, he had managed a few seconds of sticking on the tree. Everything else was him never getting a good grip, or damaging the wood. Maybe he should just throw in the towel now, give up on being a ninja. Become a farmer or something.

But then again, he could he really afford to give up here?

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Tsukasa pulled out his tanto, and stared at it. He had been at this whole ninja business for as long as he could remember. His father had given him a choice of swords, he chose this. And they started training right away. Training to be the best he could be had been practically ingrained into him. So giving up here… it sickened him. Made him want to get back up and try again, no matter how battered and broken he was.

And so, that’s what he did. He got up and turned to the tree and gulped. He put his feet up to the bark and started to concentrate. He then took a deep breath.

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Tsukasa then slammed his other foot to the tree, and started to run. Somehow managing to run all the way up the tree, eventually he made it to the top!
And then ran off of it, which means he was about to eat sand again! However, Tsukasa thought fast and brought out his sword and stabbed it into the tree. Using it to slow his descent and avoid injury.

The child could feel his heart pounding heavily, that was super close. But… that was the best he had done this entire time. And he didn’t even know what he did! He just, went off of instinct.

Tsukasa would spend the next couple of hours learning just what he did, and by the time the moon rose into the sky he knew what to do. Too bad about the cold he got as a result, deserts were super cold at night.

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